Do you remember the scene in the movie, The Polar Express, where Santa chooses the main boy in the story and asks what he wants for Christmas? The boy could have asked for anything in the world, yet he only asked for a bell from a reindeer’s harness. At this humble request, Santa gives the order to remove a bell, takes the silver treasure, holds it high above the crowd, and announces, “The first gift of Christmas!” before presenting it to the boy.

But that bell was not really the first gift of Christmas.

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